"GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson caused an uproar Friday by suggesting that Social Security benefits be cut to reduce spending. The actor is in a lot of trouble. He never would have said anything so stupid if the writers weren't on strike."--Baraboo News Republic
Why do people want and expect politicians to lie to them and then get upset when they don't?
Friday, November 16, 2007
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Fred lost me with his Social Security plan. I earn my state minimum wage and am on track to receive a Social Security retirement benefit of about $700 a month.
Since I can't imagine how I could live on $700 a month - I'd be paying two-thirds of my income just for rent - I expect I will have to continue working until I can no longer work, at which time I will become destitute.
And to hear Thompson wants to cut the already meager benefits for which I have toiled and paid taxes, that's just too much for me.
Thompson is the one Republican who can get me to vote for a Democrat in 08.
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